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Answer:
see photo attached for analysis
Just keeping going with 16×-2=?×-2=?×-2 untill u get you your ninth nuber as well with tge 2 is a negative, so a a positive × a negative equal a negative and a negative × a negative equal
Remmeber you can do anything to an equaiton as long as you do it to btoh sides
5-6(a+2)=7+a
distribute
5-6a-12=7+a
add like terms
-6a-7=7+a
add 6a both sides
-7=7+7a
minus 7 both sides
-14=7a
divide by 7
-2=a
a=-2
